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Christine Lagarde on how to address COVID-19, climate change and inequality
Klaus Schwab spoke with Christine Lagarde about COVID-19, climate change, gender parity and more as part of TIME 100 Talks. Read the full transcript here.
Christine Lagarde
Lawyer by background. Practised for 20 years with the international law firm Baker McKenzie; 1999, became Global Chairman. 2005, joined the French government as Trade Secretary. Two years later, became the first woman to hold the post of Finance and Economy Minister of a G7 country. Between 2011 and 2019, eleventh and first woman Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Since November 2019 President of the European Central Bank. July 2016, re-elected for a five-year term. Member of the Board of Trustees, World Economic Forum.
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